A new abridgement and critical review of the state trials and impeachments for high-treason; From the reign of King Richard II to the remarkable trial of Captain Porteoys in the tenth year of the reign of his present Majesty King George II. The whole containing, I. The substance of the indictment or charge. II. The evidence. III. The prisoner's defence. IV. The several points of law arisirg. V. The event or the trial, or fate of the prisoner, &c. In this abbridgement are inserted also, order; and many deficiencies throughout the whole supply'd with law in criminal cases anciently was; and how it has been alter'd, and stands at this time. Likewise, impartial memoirs of the and characters of the to which is added, A compleat of the names of the prisoners tried; the times when; their crimes, and punishments. By Mr. ... editor of the

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  • A new abridgement and critical review of the state trials and impeachments for high-treason; From the reign of King Richard II to the remarkable trial of Captain Porteoys in the tenth year of the reign of his present Majesty King George II. The whole containing, I. The substance of the indictment or charge. II. The evidence. III. The prisoner's defence. IV. The several points of law arisirg. V. The event or the trial, or fate of the prisoner, &c. In this abbridgement are inserted also, order; and many deficiencies throughout the whole supply'd with law in criminal cases anciently was; and how it has been alter'd, and stands at this time. Likewise, impartial memoirs of the and characters of the to which is added, A compleat of the names of the prisoners tried; the times when; their crimes, and punishments. By Mr. ... editor of the
  • Critical review of the state trials
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London : Printed for and ... against Stationers-Hall; ... on Ludgate-Hill; ... next the Leg-Tavern, and ... in Bolt-Court, Fleet-street; ... and ... without Temple-Bar, and at their Shops in York and Scarborough, 1738.
Publication year
1738
ESTC No.
N5647
Grub Street ID
39604
Description
iv,922,[8]p. ; 2°.
Note
Titlepage in red and black

With a final advertisement leaf

Published in 29 parts

With an index

A reissue of 'A critical review of the state trials', London, 1735, with a cancel titlepage

Price in square brackets: (Price bound One Pound Ten Shillings.)